Look, A Shiny Cute Hydrokinetic Device!

Ibasei Cappa hydropower

EarthTechling's renewable energy editor gets all curmudgeonly about the Isabei Cappa, a river kinetic hydropower device that's getting a lot of attention. Read more →

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U.S. Regulators Approve First Commercial Hydrokinetic Projects

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports on how new forms of hydrokinetic energy technologies are advancing toward commercial development in the United States. Read more →

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New River Turbine Design Targets Hydrokinetic Energy

Verterra Energy

Midwest Energy News reports on a Minnesota startup that hopes to spin out a new hydroturbine design focused on generation clean energy via the flow of rivers. Read more →

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Turning Water Into Electricity, Students Into Experts

WaterHelix Tubine

Students at a Maine vocational school get hands-on renewable experience, installing and testing W2 Energy's WaterHelix energy system in a local river. Read more →

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Alaska’s Tides Scouted For Clean Energy

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will conduct a baseline assessment of hydrokinetic energy potential in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Read more →

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Hydrokinetic Turbine Outfit Nets Funding

Hydrovolts Flipwing Hydrokinetic Turbine

Hydrovolts, a Seattle-based company that produces hydrokinetic turbines, is closing its Series A funding with $1 million and several strategic partnerships. Read more →

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Shark Inspires A Better Water Turbine

Strait Power hydro turbine, Michigan, basking shark

A Michigan man, noting the design of the filter-feeding basking shark, develops a process said to improve a single hydro turbine blade's efficiency by 40 percent. Read more →

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U.S. Aims to Reduce Ocean Power Risks

image via University of Delaware

Three U.S. agencies announced eight grants to help figure out how and where to site ocean-energy projects without doing harm to the environment. Read more →

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Seattle Start Up Seeks Clean River Power

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A Seattle-based start up plans to prototype a hydrokinetic water turbine that could electrify India's Chilla Canal and bring clean energy to remote areas. Read more →

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Fish and River Turbine Get Along So Far

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A novel hydrokinetic turbine installed on the Yukon River earlier this summer doesn't seem to be harming fish, say University of Alaska researchers. Read more →

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